VEGF, flk-1, and flt-1 expression in a rat myocardial infarction model of angiogenesis

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 5 39-5, 1996, Pages

  Li, Jian ^b   Brown, Lawrence F ^b   Hibberd, Mark G ^b   Grossman, Jessica D ^b   Morgan, James P ^b   Simons, Michael ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

heparin binding growth factors; myocardial ischemia; neovascularization

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0344705115     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.270.5.h1803     Document Type: Article

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